General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Single-Use Plastics and Packaging, 54937-54938 [2022-19376]
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completion of the diversion agreement
bars the OED Director from pursuing
discipline based on the conduct set
forth in the diversion agreement.
(d) A material breach of the diversion
agreement shall be cause for termination
of the practitioner’s participation in the
diversion program. Upon a material
breach of the diversion agreement, the
OED Director may pursue discipline
based on the conduct set forth in the
diversion agreement.
■ 10. Revise § 11.43 to read as follows:
§ 11.43
Motions before a hearing officer.
Motions, including all prehearing
motions commonly filed under the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, shall
be served on an opposing party and
filed with the hearing officer. Every
motion must include a statement that
the moving party or attorney for the
moving party has conferred with the
opposing party or attorney for the
opposing party in a good-faith effort to
resolve the issues raised by the motion
and whether the motion is opposed. If,
prior to a decision on the motion, the
parties resolve issues raised by a motion
presented to the hearing officer, the
parties shall promptly notify the hearing
officer. Any motion for summary
judgment or motion to dismiss shall be
accompanied by a written memorandum
setting forth a concise statement of the
facts and supporting reasons, along with
a citation of the authorities upon which
the movant relies. All memoranda shall
be double-spaced and written in 12point font unless otherwise ordered by
the hearing officer. Unless the hearing
officer extends the time for good cause,
the opposing party shall serve and file
a memorandum in response to any
motion for summary judgment or
motion to dismiss within 21 days of the
date of service of the motion, and the
moving party may file a reply
memorandum within 14 days after
service of the opposing party’s
responsive memorandum.
■ 11. Amend § 11.44 by revising
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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§ 11.44
Hearings.
(a) The hearing officer shall preside
over hearings in disciplinary
proceedings. After the time for filing an
answer has elapsed, the hearing officer
shall set the time and place for the
hearing. In cases involving an
incarcerated respondent, any necessary
oral hearing may be held at the location
of incarceration. The hearing officer
may order a hearing to be conducted by
remote videoconference in whole or in
part. Oral hearings will be recorded and
transcribed, and the testimony of
witnesses will be received under oath or
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affirmation. The hearing officer shall
conduct the hearing as if the proceeding
were subject to 5 U.S.C. 556. A copy of
the transcript of the hearing shall
become part of the record. A copy of the
transcript shall also be provided to the
OED Director and the respondent at the
expense of the Office.
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■ 12. Amend § 11.52 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a) and (b);
■ b. Redesignating paragraphs (c)
through (f) as paragraphs (d) through (g);
and
■ c. Adding a new paragraph (c).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 11.52
Written discovery.
(a) After an answer is filed under
§ 11.36, a party may file a motion under
§ 11.43 seeking authorization to
propound written discovery of relevant
evidence, including:
(1) A reasonable number of requests
for admission, including requests for
admission as to the genuineness of
documents;
(2) A reasonable number of
interrogatories;
(3) A reasonable number of
documents to be produced for
inspection and copying; and
(4) A reasonable number of things
other than documents to be produced
for inspection.
(b) The motion shall include a copy
of the proposed written discovery
requests and explain in detail, for each
request made, how the discovery sought
is reasonable and relevant to an issue
actually raised in the complaint or the
answer. Any response shall include
specific objections to each request, if
any. Any objection not raised in the
response will be deemed to have been
waived.
(c) The hearing officer may authorize
any discovery requests the hearing
officer deems to be reasonable and
relevant. Unless the hearing officer
orders otherwise, within 5 days of the
hearing officer authorizing any
discovery requests, the moving party
shall serve a copy of the authorized
discovery requests to the opposing party
and, within 30 days of such service, the
opposing party shall serve responses to
the authorized discovery requests.
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■ 13. Amend § 11.55 by revising
paragraph (m) and adding paragraph (p)
to read as follows:
§ 11.55
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(m) Unless the USPTO Director
permits, no further briefs or motions
shall be filed.
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(p) The USPTO Director may extend
the time for filing a brief upon the
granting of a motion setting forth good
cause warranting the extension.
■ 14. Amend § 11.504 by adding
paragraph (e) to read as follows:
§ 11.504 Professional independence of a
practitioner.
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(e) The prohibitions of paragraph (a),
(b), or (d)(1) or (2) of this section shall
not apply to an arrangement that fully
complies with the laws, rules, and
regulations of the attorney licensing
authority of a State that regulates such
arrangement and in which the
practitioner is an active member in good
standing.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 523 and 552
[GSAR Case 2022–G517, Docket No. GSA–
GSAR–2022–0014, Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090–AK60
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); SingleUse Plastics and Packaging
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
The General Services
Administration (GSA) published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
on July 7, 2022, seeking public feedback
pertaining to the use of plastic
consumed in both packaging and
shipping, as well as other single-use
plastics for which the agency contracts.
The deadline for submitting comments
is being extended from September 6,
2022, to September 27, 2022, to provide
additional time for interested parties to
provide inputs.
DATES: For the advance notice of
proposed rulemaking published on July
7, 2022 (87 FR 40476), submit
comments on or before September 27,
2022.
SUMMARY:
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Submit comments in
response to GSAR Case 2022–G517 to
the Federal eRulemaking portal at
https://www.regulations.gov by
searching for ‘‘GSAR Case 2022–G517’’.
Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that
corresponds with ‘‘GSAR Case 2022–
G517’’. Follow the instructions provided
on the ‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please
include your name, company name (if
any), and ‘‘GSAR Case 2022–G517’’ on
your attached document. If your
comment cannot be submitted using
https://www.regulations.gov, call or
email the points of contact in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document for alternate instructions.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite ‘‘GSAR Case 2022–G517’’
in all correspondence related to this
case. Comments received generally will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please
check https://www.regulations.gov,
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting.
ADDRESSES:
Ms.
Adina Torberntsson, Procurement
Analyst, at 303–236–2677 or
gsarpolicy@gsa.gov, for clarification of
content. For information pertaining to
status or publication schedules, contact
the Regulatory Secretariat Division at
202–501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov.
Please cite GSAR Case 2022–G517.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
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On July 7, 2022, the General Services
Administration published an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)
in the Federal Register at 87 FR 40476
seeking public feedback pertaining to
the use of plastic consumed in both
packaging and shipping, as well as other
single-use plastics for which the agency
contracts. The comment period is
extended to September 27, 2022, to
allow additional time for interested
parties to submit comments in response
to the questions posed in the ANPR.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide
Policy, General Services Administration.
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Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 271
[Docket No. FRA–2021–0035, Notice No. 1]
RIN 2130–AC89
Risk Reduction Program
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
In response to issues raised by
a petition for reconsideration of the Risk
Reduction Program (RRP) final rule,
FRA is issuing this NPRM to solicit
information to help determine whether
FRA should retain or remove a
provision in the RRP final rule
clarifying that contractors who perform
a significant portion of a railroad’s
operations are considered the railroad’s
directly affected employees for purposes
of the RRP rule.
DATES: Comments on this proposed
rulemaking must be received on or
before November 7, 2022. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent possible
without incurring additional expense or
delay.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments related to
Docket No. FRA–2021–35 may be
submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number or Regulatory Identification
Number (RIN) for this rulemaking. Note
that all comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document for Privacy Act
information related to any submitted
comments or materials.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
docket.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miriam Kloeppel, Staff Director, Risk
Reduction Program Division, Office of
Railroad Safety, FRA, telephone: 202–
493–6224, email: Miriam.Kloeppel@
dot.gov; or Elizabeth Gross, Attorney
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Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel,
FRA, telephone: 202–493–1342, email:
Elizabeth.Gross@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents for Supplementary
Information
I. Background
A. Statutory Mandate
B. Rulemaking Background
C. Petition for Reconsideration
II. Discussion
A. FRA’s Rationale for Retaining § 271.3(c)
B. Information Requested
III. Regulatory Impact and Notices
A. Executive Order 12866
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive
Order 13272
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
D. Environmental Impact
E. Executive Order 12898 (Environmental
Justice)
F. Federalism Implications
G. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
H. International Trade Impact Assessment
I. Tribal Consultation
J. Privacy Act Statement
I. Background
Risk reduction is a comprehensive,
system-oriented approach to improving
safety by which an organization
formally identifies and analyzes
applicable hazards and takes action to
mitigate, if not eliminate, the risks
associated with those hazards. It
provides a railroad with a set of
decision-making processes and
procedures that can help it plan,
organize, direct, and control its railroad
operations in a way that enhances safety
and promotes compliance with
regulatory standards. As such, risk
reduction is a form of safety
management system, which is a term
generally referring to a comprehensive,
process-oriented approach to managing
safety throughout an organization.
A. Statutory Mandate
On October 16, 2008, the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) was
enacted. Section 103 of the RSIA,
codified at 49 U.S.C. 20156, directed the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)
to issue a regulation requiring Class I
railroads, railroad carriers that provide
intercity rail passenger or commuter rail
passenger transportation (passenger
railroads), and railroads with
inadequate safety performance (ISP
railroads) to develop, submit to the
Secretary for review and approval, and
implement a railroad safety risk
reduction program. Under sec. 20156(g),
each railroad carrier required to submit
a railroad safety risk reduction program
must ‘‘consult with, employ good faith,
and use its best efforts to reach
agreement with, all of its directly
affected employees, including any
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 523 and 552
[GSAR Case 2022-G517, Docket No. GSA-GSAR-2022-0014, Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090-AK60
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR);
Single-Use Plastics and Packaging
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) published an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking on July 7, 2022, seeking public feedback
pertaining to the use of plastic consumed in both packaging and
shipping, as well as other single-use plastics for which the agency
contracts. The deadline for submitting comments is being extended from
September 6, 2022, to September 27, 2022, to provide additional time
for interested parties to provide inputs.
DATES: For the advance notice of proposed rulemaking published on July
7, 2022 (87 FR 40476), submit comments on or before September 27, 2022.
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ADDRESSES: Submit comments in response to GSAR Case 2022-G517 to the
Federal eRulemaking portal at https://www.regulations.gov by searching
for ``GSAR Case 2022-G517''. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that
corresponds with ``GSAR Case 2022-G517''. Follow the instructions
provided on the ``Comment Now'' screen. Please include your name,
company name (if any), and ``GSAR Case 2022-G517'' on your attached
document. If your comment cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the points of contact in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite ``GSAR Case
2022-G517'' in all correspondence related to this case. Comments
received generally will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your
comment(s), please check https://www.regulations.gov, approximately two
to three days after submission to verify posting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Adina Torberntsson, Procurement
Analyst, at 303-236-2677 or [email protected], for clarification of
content. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules,
contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or
[email protected]. Please cite GSAR Case 2022-G517.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 7, 2022, the General Services Administration published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) in the Federal Register at
87 FR 40476 seeking public feedback pertaining to the use of plastic
consumed in both packaging and shipping, as well as other single-use
plastics for which the agency contracts. The comment period is extended
to September 27, 2022, to allow additional time for interested parties
to submit comments in response to the questions posed in the ANPR.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration.
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